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we will have kathleen sebelius the head of hhs on the phone as we speak talking to reporters trying to it out it. democrats are nervous in congress right now. let's not forget, heading to the midterm elections specifically in the senate, there are several senators that are in danger of losing their seats if democrats lose five or six seats, they lose control. >> i've talked to administration officials who believe once they get the website fixed that not all of their problems will be solved but things are going to get much bet per. when people start to see the law is working and the website is working, be yes there were folks who lost coverage and that was not good for the president but feel some of this could disablize. >> i think that's true. the one problem right now you have to take into account for the democrats is that the narrative is being drawn right now. even if it does stabilize, there's still going to be an after effect and still the obama administration trying to get democrats to be support of it, even though democrats are there, a real problem is the independent voters rig
we will have kathleen sebelius the head of hhs on the phone as we speak talking to reporters trying to it out it. democrats are nervous in congress right now. let's not forget, heading to the midterm elections specifically in the senate, there are several senators that are in danger of losing their seats if democrats lose five or six seats, they lose control. >> i've talked to administration officials who believe once they get the website fixed that not all of their problems will be...
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interesting exchange back and forth on kathleen sebelius's response to the chief of staff having a countdown clock and then basically rolling their eyes oh, boy micromanaging. which really seems to put emphasis more on kathleen sebelius not only was she not ready but she was resentful of people that were suggesting that she be focused on the launch date. >> pretty good reporting over the weekend. there will be more to come. they face a challenge. anyone who runs a website that's trying to get attention and traffic knows you have a problem, match-up capacity with people's interest. as they start to do better more people will come to the site even may overwhelm it. "new york times" talking about how insurers are not getting the back end insurance. people think they signed up for the plan. they got to get that last bit done. >> a lot of uncertainty. >> people think they have insurance. >> not good for consumers. >> again, they say now they can handle 50,000 at a time but if people start coming they need to keep the capacity growing to match up because -- >> they just stopped at 50 and won't fix
interesting exchange back and forth on kathleen sebelius's response to the chief of staff having a countdown clock and then basically rolling their eyes oh, boy micromanaging. which really seems to put emphasis more on kathleen sebelius not only was she not ready but she was resentful of people that were suggesting that she be focused on the launch date. >> pretty good reporting over the weekend. there will be more to come. they face a challenge. anyone who runs a website that's trying to...
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kathleen sebelius radio its an editorial today. what do you ascertain is the state of the obamacare web site and program? >> listening to jeffrey zintz, saying taking 90% done. there will be problems, to hear them talk about it's night and day from october 1. yes, it is definitely that. and on page 3 of the report that it is at private sector velocity, that public sector velocity was not getting it done. but private sector velocity is at speed now. the question now is about the insurers and whether they're getting the data and information they need on the back end and whether there will be people who come january 1, think they have signed up and have not. so that's the real back end question now. the administration says they're doing fixes and they made 50 software fixes saturday night. >> sure. then what about david plouffe, senior advisor to the president who said, once the states get everything under control, we should see everything running well in about 2017. >> 2017? >> 2017. listen to this. >> this program was designed to be
kathleen sebelius radio its an editorial today. what do you ascertain is the state of the obamacare web site and program? >> listening to jeffrey zintz, saying taking 90% done. there will be problems, to hear them talk about it's night and day from october 1. yes, it is definitely that. and on page 3 of the report that it is at private sector velocity, that public sector velocity was not getting it done. but private sector velocity is at speed now. the question now is about the insurers...
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. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius posted shopping tips online reminding people to avoid peak hours saying the website is improving, but still a work in progress. determining how much the website improved after tomorrow could be difficult because the administration only releases enrollment numbers once a month. >>> the family of a d.c. national guardsman whose body was found says the death was an accident. his body was found floating in baltimore on wednesday. his family says he died accidentally after leaving a bar with friends and walking toward his parked car. he was named the d.c. international guard airman of the year. his parents say they will accept the award on his behalf this week. >>> a team of volunteers launching a searching if a missing teen. she was last seen in august at a gas station. the 17-year-old from nelson county told her family she was going to lynchburg the night she disappeared. her car was found in a parking lot three days later. police arrested randy taylor in connection with her disappearance. her cell phone last pinged near his home.
. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius posted shopping tips online reminding people to avoid peak hours saying the website is improving, but still a work in progress. determining how much the website improved after tomorrow could be difficult because the administration only releases enrollment numbers once a month. >>> the family of a d.c. national guardsman whose body was found says the death was an accident. his body was found floating in baltimore on...
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. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is hoping to increase the odds for success. she posted shopg tips onlishopp online. this is a definite work in progress. >> and determining how much the website has improved after tomorrow might be tough. the administration only releases enrollment numbers once a month. >> it is now the third day of the busiest holiday shopping weekend of the year and today the attention turns away from big retailers that are popular on black friday. small business saturday could mean big business for the local econom economy. david went to alexandria where small is the new black. >> reporter: this old town store always looks a lot like christmas. >> it's a christmas angel. >> reporter: these sisters run the shop. used to belong to their parents. >> she is older. i'm younger. i let her think she is in charge and i make the decisions. >> and it worked. beautifully. >> reporter: but there's pressure to keep this family business alive. >> it's all been all or nothing. we do more than half of our business in the last three months of the year. >> w
. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is hoping to increase the odds for success. she posted shopg tips onlishopp online. this is a definite work in progress. >> and determining how much the website has improved after tomorrow might be tough. the administration only releases enrollment numbers once a month. >> it is now the third day of the busiest holiday shopping weekend of the year and today the attention turns away from big retailers that are popular...
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. >>> kathleen sebelius says improvements to the healthcare.gov website are the definitely on track to meet this saturday's deadline. the health and human services secretary promises the site will work much better but a white house official says there are concerns. too sudden a spike in web traffic. the site will be able to handle 50,000 users at once as it was originally supposed to do, but the official says they want to wait a week to gauge web traffic before encouraging too many people to visit the site. >>> now, while the administration, would to improve the obama care website on the front end, insurers are worried about problems on the back end. our investigative be correspondent chris frates is digging into that story. explain that difference between how it's working on the front end or may work on the front end but not on the back end. >> what insurers are worried about is this idea once the website's working and people can go on and sign up, that their personal data won't get transmitted correctly to insurance companies. insurance companies need that data to enroll people and w
. >>> kathleen sebelius says improvements to the healthcare.gov website are the definitely on track to meet this saturday's deadline. the health and human services secretary promises the site will work much better but a white house official says there are concerns. too sudden a spike in web traffic. the site will be able to handle 50,000 users at once as it was originally supposed to do, but the official says they want to wait a week to gauge web traffic before encouraging too many...
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what are you doing, kathleen sebelius? they're saying, we're going to change it not by law, 'cause we've lost in the law. we've lost in the federal courts. by regulation. we're going to demand that there can't be compensation for people who give bone marrow through blood, just like you donate blood, just like you donate platelets. painless. not a big procedure. and certainly they showed the federal court that bone marrow is not an organ like the kidneys. but they want to decide whether you get bone marrow or your family gets bone marrow or not as 1,000 people die each year. >> it's obvious the problem. how is the federal government thinking people will get rich on this? >> they're saying, well, they're going to profiteer over it somehow and it should be a matter of philanthropy, that someone gives it to you. philanthropy has not worked in this environment. if people could be compensated with scholarships or enhancements in some way to say you helped me out, you can save a man or woman, people can speak out on this particul
what are you doing, kathleen sebelius? they're saying, we're going to change it not by law, 'cause we've lost in the law. we've lost in the federal courts. by regulation. we're going to demand that there can't be compensation for people who give bone marrow through blood, just like you donate blood, just like you donate platelets. painless. not a big procedure. and certainly they showed the federal court that bone marrow is not an organ like the kidneys. but they want to decide whether you get...
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kathleen sebelius told state and local officials that obamacare 2.0 will not be a pale remake of the original. >> we are on track to have a significantly different user experience by the end of this month. that was our commitment. than people experienced on october 1. the experience is vastly improved each and every day. >> reporter: that said, democratic senators, 7 of them sent president obama a letter urging him to permanent ceo to run obama care. it's a reflection of anxiety within the president's party not just about the looming dead lines for obama dare but about the looming election season. bill: extreme weather alert. i want to keep you updated on what's happening outside. it's barreling up the east coast. the radar is a mess. all that green in the background making it a mess for millions. thrferl several targets along the eastern side of the country. one person was killed in a multi-vehicle pileup near philadelphia. police urging people to take it slow. >> we want to be with our families for the holidays so we better get going. >> i try to slow town even though i have a lead
kathleen sebelius told state and local officials that obamacare 2.0 will not be a pale remake of the original. >> we are on track to have a significantly different user experience by the end of this month. that was our commitment. than people experienced on october 1. the experience is vastly improved each and every day. >> reporter: that said, democratic senators, 7 of them sent president obama a letter urging him to permanent ceo to run obama care. it's a reflection of anxiety...
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she fought kathleen sebelius literally almost to the death and won. let's watch what she said and who she was. >> the only thing standing between my daughter living and my daughter dying is the fact that she's ten and not 12. assign this arbitrary age and somehow we're asking for an exception. what we're asking for is for her to be treated on the severity of her illness and get lung that her doctor deemed appropriate. it's like the government deciding for her when they've never seen her. >> the government deciding what's best for her when they have never seen her. the same thing goes for mrs. gummo, who was interviewed by steve this morning. we talked about yesterday, who fought the federal government and won on bone marrow transplants and now the federal government is trying to regulate her and regulate that win back and decide that they're going to allocate bone marrow. she was on with steve earlier this morning and this is what she said. >> it doesn't make any sense at all to me, to be honest with you. i just think it's another way -- my opinion is
she fought kathleen sebelius literally almost to the death and won. let's watch what she said and who she was. >> the only thing standing between my daughter living and my daughter dying is the fact that she's ten and not 12. assign this arbitrary age and somehow we're asking for an exception. what we're asking for is for her to be treated on the severity of her illness and get lung that her doctor deemed appropriate. it's like the government deciding for her when they've never seen her....
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sebelius still said that she is urging individuals to shop healthcare.gov during off peak hours. confident but still cautious? >> yeah, the idea that is website is only workable during off peak hours and only about 80% are going to really be only to help about 80% of the people who visit the? i don't understand how the government can still consider that a success. certainly they're saying it will need a little more work in the coming weeks. but if this site continues to have trouble through the month of december,s if going to be very challenge for democrats to try to turn the site towards a more favorable opinion of the overall law and the efforts to get people more affordable coverage. i reported last week that democrats had basically told lawmakers go out during the thanksgiving recess and try to find success stories, people who have benefited from this law. we haven't seen those yet. conceivably in the coming days as democrats trickle back into washington, they will start highlighting some of those examples if they can find them and if people are willing to talk about it. but
sebelius still said that she is urging individuals to shop healthcare.gov during off peak hours. confident but still cautious? >> yeah, the idea that is website is only workable during off peak hours and only about 80% are going to really be only to help about 80% of the people who visit the? i don't understand how the government can still consider that a success. certainly they're saying it will need a little more work in the coming weeks. but if this site continues to have trouble...
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you have kathleen sebelius blogging tips for health care customers. she's saying go at off peak times. they want to avoid a traffic meltdown. is it safe to say there is still concern this site could crash? >> it seems like there's still some concern. i guess the number that they've used is they want -- they hope that up to 50,000 would use it at any one time. that if you get beyond that number, you could have problems. so i guess what we urge people to do is to go on the website, if you really have to. if you are in greater need. i wouldn't encourage people just to browse for their own purposes if they don't need coverage on health care. but ideally, i think you want the website to handle more than the 50,000 the administration says it can handle at this time. >> pennsylvania senator bob casey, thanks for joining us on this holiday weekend. >>, that, alex. >>> a life snapped in focus. a place in history, to russia with love and a reason to pinch yourself. by the end of this week's best of office politics, you're going to learn about that and more. ted
you have kathleen sebelius blogging tips for health care customers. she's saying go at off peak times. they want to avoid a traffic meltdown. is it safe to say there is still concern this site could crash? >> it seems like there's still some concern. i guess the number that they've used is they want -- they hope that up to 50,000 would use it at any one time. that if you get beyond that number, you could have problems. so i guess what we urge people to do is to go on the website, if you...
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we havenversely am a heard from administration officials and kathleen sebelius essentially saying no one should get in the wake of a woman's reproductive rights and her doctor. that is the issue the court ultimately will have to decide, correct? absolutely. supporters of the law say it is necessary to protect women's rights, and of -- part of the affordable care act act to make sure women have preventable screenings. they also say leading religious business owners off the hook when it comes to contraception to allowinghe door businesses to interfere with her own personal health care choices. there have been a couple of cases working their way through the court system on the issue of earth control mandate. it is not necessarily a surprise that the court decided to take up the case yesterday, but certainly going to be a much cheap-watched case when oral arguments happen next round. on thist me follow up point. obviously the supreme court has taken up the larger issue of the constitutionality of the affordable care act. this creates another political battle for the white house. absolute
we havenversely am a heard from administration officials and kathleen sebelius essentially saying no one should get in the wake of a woman's reproductive rights and her doctor. that is the issue the court ultimately will have to decide, correct? absolutely. supporters of the law say it is necessary to protect women's rights, and of -- part of the affordable care act act to make sure women have preventable screenings. they also say leading religious business owners off the hook when it comes to...
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please welcome the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius. [applause] >> good afternoon. it is my great clays are to spend -- pleasure to spend time with you today as we mark another world aids day. i want to start by inking my colleague, secretary of state john kerry, for not only his leadership during his years in the senate, but his continuing focus on these issues that are so meaningful to the health and prosperity of people around the world. he has done a terrific job and is a wonderful partner. as he said, the effort is really a partnership. we are pleased to join our partners under the umbrella of the state department with the leadership of the acting global aids coordinator. they're doing a terrific job. also, providing a variety of hhs assets through dr. frieden and the terrific work of cdc and countries around the world, who are delivering this life-saving care. it is an amazing effort underway. we also have a number of critical health leaders here. dr. howard co and others who are helping to lead be domestic initiative. dr. debra f
please welcome the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius. [applause] >> good afternoon. it is my great clays are to spend -- pleasure to spend time with you today as we mark another world aids day. i want to start by inking my colleague, secretary of state john kerry, for not only his leadership during his years in the senate, but his continuing focus on these issues that are so meaningful to the health and prosperity of people around the world. he has done a terrific...